"Burn... burn... burn everything, burn it all clean..." King Liang muttered to himself as he slowly stretched out his hand towards the raging fire.

  "Let's go ahead and take a look, we've searched that area just now but still can't see anyone."

  "It's all weeds and shrubs in this forest, even if there are footprints, they can't be seen clearly. Where on earth did that scoundrel Liang Wang run off to?"

  Two Ming soldiers were walking and complaining that it was very difficult for anyone to find a person in the vast forest without any clues.

  Logically speaking, Liang Wang should not have run far, but they searched both sides of the mountain forest and still couldn't find him.

  "It's just that lake left now, he, Liang Wang, wouldn't hide in the water, would he?"

  "You can't be sure, we've been chasing for so many days and still haven't caught Liang Wang, maybe he's a good swimmer, who knows, maybe Liang Wang is waiting for us in that lake up ahead."

  "Hahaha......" The teasing laughter of the soldiers spread throughout the forest, and the boring search was also made fun of to relieve their boredom.

  As a search party member, Zhang Feng furrowed his brow and gazed up at the sky. He always felt that there was something wrong with the clouds in front of him - why were they gray and drifting so quickly? Suddenly it dawned on him: those weren't clouds but smoke! There must be something burning ahead, or else such a massive amount of smoke wouldn't have been produced, visible even from within the forest.

  Just as Zhang Feng was reacting, a burst of surprise came from the direction where the smoke was drifting, and for a moment all the soldiers discovered that there was movement on that side. Zhang Feng had already taken an arrow step and rushed out.

  "There's movement on the other side of the lake, let's go!" The other soldiers also set off in a hurry after a slight delay.

  Zhang Feng swiftly flew out of the forest and arrived at the edge, where he saw the vast Dianchi Lake. Before he could appreciate the beauty of the lake, a house in the distance caught his attention as it was engulfed in flames.

  "Your Highness... Your Highness!" The little eunuch knelt on the ground, crying out in anguish with tears streaming down his face. The house in front of him was still burning fiercely, but his master had not come out of it.

  "Who are you! The 'prince' in your mouth is the Prince of Liang!" Zhang Feng quickly arrived at the front of the house and saw the small eunuch kneeling on the ground, asking.

  At this time, the little eunuch was heartbroken and sorrowful, and he didn't have the mood to care about Zhang Feng's words. He continued to wail and muttered the two words "Wang Ye" repeatedly.

  Before long, other soldiers rushed to the scene, looking at the scene in front of them and didn't know what had happened. When they learned from Zhang Feng that Liang Wang might be inside the burning house, a school officer hastily fired an arrow.

  A sharp whizzing sound, the Ming army's response arrow exploded in the sky, and the surrounding Ming army generals who were still searching for it hurriedly approached here.

  "Don't just stand there! Hurry up and put out the fire!" The little general shouted loudly, the soldiers hastily looked for tools to scoop up lake water to put out the fire. But under the current circumstances, where could they find something to hold water? They had no way, and could only watch as the big fire continued to burn.

  Not long after, the general who led the pursuit arrived here. He looked at the situation in front of him and coldly opened his mouth: "What's going on here? Who fired the signal arrow?"

  "Reporting to General! It was the arrow shot by me, this soldier said that it's highly likely that Liang Wang is inside the burning house." The small school officer replied with a bow.

  "You said! What makes you certain that Liang Wang is in this house?" The general asked Zhang Feng.

  "This little eunuch has been crying out 'Prince! Prince!' all along. I think there won't be a second prince in the vicinity of Kunming City."

  "Go and bring that little eunuch over for questioning!"

  Two soldiers dragged a wailing young eunuch before the general.

  "Speak! The king in your mouth is King Liang! Is he inside this fire house?"

  "Wuuu......" The little eunuch was still crying and didn't respond.

  The general gave a glance and the soldier beside him drew out his dagger and placed it on the neck of the little eunuch.

  "Hurry up and answer! If you don't speak, I'll let you die!" the soldier threatened fiercely.

  Feeling the chill of death, the little eunuch temporarily forgot his master's sorrow and sniffled as he said in a low voice: "It... it's our family's Prince Liang, he's inside that room and hasn't come out, and that room is still on fire, Your Highness..."

  As he spoke, the little eunuch couldn't bear his sorrow and burst into tears again. The general, who had received accurate news, was impatient and waved his hand to have the little eunuch taken away. His wailing was really unbearable, and if it weren't for keeping him as a witness to prove Liang Wang's identity, he should be beheaded just because of this unpleasant cry.

  "Someone's coming! Go and inform His Excellency that Liang Wang has been found, only... there was a slight little accident."

  At this time, Blue Jade was strolling around the Liang Wang Fu. He had been to the Wei Guo Gong Fu and the Xin Guo Gong Fu, but he had never actually been to a royal palace before. The mansions of the various vassal kings of the Ming dynasty were all under construction, with the largest being Zhu Di's royal palace, which was still based on the old site of the previous dynasty's palace.

  In front of her, the magnificent and resplendent palace was unprecedented in its grandeur, fully revealing the majesty of a king. Lan Yu's heart yearned for it, although Ming Dynasty had no precedent for enfeoffing kings while they were still alive. However, after being enfeoffed as a duke, he would definitely build his own ducal mansion to be the most magnificent one in the Ming Dynasty, within the limits of the rules and regulations.

  Of course, this has to wait until he is conferred as a national duke.

  "Your Lordship! General Li reports back and says he has found Prince Liang."

  "Oh? Since you've found him, bring the person over. When Duke Yunhe arrives, we can settle that personal account." Lan Yu said calmly while stroking the white jade dragon pillar.

  "But..." The guard stuttered and couldn't get the words out.

  "It doesn't matter what it is, but just say it."

  "Yes! General Li sent a message saying that Prince Liang has set fire to the small cottage by the lake!" The guard responded loudly.

  Lan Yu shook her head, unexpectedly, this timid and cowardly King Liang actually had the guts to do so, really didn't expect it.

  "Let it be if it's burnt. Let him hurry up and bring the corpse back, as long as the head is still intact, Lord Yingchuan didn't say to bring a head with skin and flesh."

  "Ah!"...

  On the other hand, in Wusa, Fu Youde led 150,000 troops to encircle Wusa from behind and coordinated with Guo Ying's 50,000 troops inside Qixing Pass to launch a pincer attack on the enemy's 100,000-strong army, capturing 30,000 soldiers and beheading countless others. The commander-in-chief of the enemy army was also killed in the chaos.

  Fu Youde is now rushing to Lan Yu's location in a flurry, and after learning that Mu Ying had occupied Qujing, he directly rushed to Kunming, fighting for his own marquis title with all his might.

  But he still doesn't know that Blue Jade has already taken down Kunming and found Liang Wang, but it's a burnt Liang Wang, with a blackened Liang Wang skull...

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